Railroad-tie.



H. GUGKBLL.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 23, 1908.

Patented July 20, 1909.

I l` -II Yara? c Y d/mju' shan-TENT .HARVEY OOOlELL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RALROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. p application sied :any 23,

To all trimm it may concern:

lle it known that l, HARVEY Consent, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Uolunibus, in the county ot' Franklin and State ot Ohio, have invented a certain neu7 and useful improvement in ltailroadflies, ot which the .'tollowing is a specification.

r.the object of this invention is to provide a railroad tie tornjied largely et' metal and et simple, economical and durable construction.

.lhe invention is exemplified in the iniw proved constructions hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a View in side elevation showing a tie in accord 'with my intention. Fig. 2 is a top p en View oit the sano-.e` Fig. B :is an end Figs. l and 5 are details showing nuzdiieations.

ln the views l and Ala designate longitudinal. anale bars oit metal, said bars being1 ard with their interior or hollow sides 'facing' nach other and side or liange oit each lying); in the saine plane but spaced slightly apart. Secured to the upper faces the said sides or tlanges that lie in` the saine plane by rivets 1l. are two pairs of llslniped metallic members 2, 2, and I3, tl, placed with their legs standinp` upward. '.llhe logs of each oit' the Ll-shaped members have, as shown in l to 8 inclusive, their upper ends tied together by longa shouldered rivet.l ltach pair of til-shaped members constitutes a seat or socket to receive a short cluehioningg block G preferably ot Wood that is cut 'to tit snugly between the legs of the U-shaped niernbers. The block is shown to be of less height than thc length of the legs so as to permit the placing of the rails between the latter as shown.

To further secure the blocks from end strains short bracing pieces of angle bar 7 are riveted t'ansversely to the longitudinal angle bars l and l at the ends or" blocks; but these braces can in .many cases probably be omitted. The Wooden blocks .can be secured, it desired, by spikes 8 driven through the into the blocks.

Instead et short pieces 7 portions ot' the longitudinal angle bars can be notched and turned up to form abutinents t'or the end of the block as shown at 7a in Fig. .4.. Further Patented July 2o, 1909.

1908. Serial. N0. 444,930.,

the upperends oli the legs of the U-shaped members can be` bent inward and upward, as seen in Fig. 5, and the shouldered rivets 5 omitted.

ln practice the wooden blocks (l can be satura-ted with creosote or other preservative et Wood." Or they can be coated Witlipaint or pitcher otherwise treated to pre1-:mgl their liie. The rails arespilized to the wooden blocks as usual in securing rails to ordinary Wooden ties.

rlhe metallic portions ot the tie are preterably painted or dipped in material for coatingl them to prevent rusting. `For the purpose of securing,` increased rigidity of the track the ties are, if desired, buried in the road bed or ballast up to a plane coinciding,` nearly with the upper surfaces et the Wooden blocks.

Frein this construction it will be observed tha among other advantages, the tie is mainly oit' metal ot standard and easily made terms; that no screw bolts are necessary; and that the rails are cushioned. on Wood, as is new believed to be the best practice, tor the purpose oi' lessening noise.

1When Worn at the upper side the block can be easily taken out and replaced with a fresh side up. .lf desired, the blocks can be made square in cross section so that all four sides can be successively thus used, but with such a torni of block it may be necessary to change the torni of the seat or socket, which is merely a matter ot mechanics. lt is obtiens that changes in the forni and proportions or parts can be made Without resort to inventive skill, and l therefore do not conline myself to the `forms and proportions shown.

What I claim and desire to `secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination, a body portion composed of metallic angle bars, U-shaped members of sheet metal secured transversely to the body portion and forming seats with upwardly extending1 legs that stand edgewise to the rails, and noninetallic cushioningblocks in said seats, saidblocks being of less height than the legs et the seats, substantially as described.

2. A railroad tie comprising, in combination, longitudinal metallic angle bars, U-

shaped members secured. transversely to said angle bars with their legs standing upward, said members forming seats and means securing the upper ends of said legs together 3. A railroad tie comprising, in combination, longitudinal metallic angle bars, metallic U-shaped members secured transversely to said angle bars and forming seats, non-metallic cushioning blocks in said seats, and angle bars secured transversely of the longitudinal bars and across the ends of the blocks.

4. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination, a longitudinal metallic tie body of angle bars, a pair of metallic U-shaped members secured transversely to said tie body at each end thereof and forming seats, the parts of each pair of U-shaped members being spaced apart to admit the rail between them, and non-metallic cushioning blocks in said seats, said bloclrs being of less height than the legs of the Ushaped members, substantially as described;

5. A railroad tie, comprising, in combination, a ti'e body composed of separate longitudinal metallic angle bars, a pair of metallic U-shaped members secured transversely to said tie body at each of its ends and forming seats, the parts of each pair of Ushaped members being spaced apart to admit the rail between them, and non-metallic cushioning blocks in said seats, said blocks being of less height than the legs of the U-shaped members, substantially as described.

HARVEY COCKELL.

Witnesses O. l?. COCKERILL, ADA G. GAMES. 

